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| Should I get the Moon 891 streamer/dac/preamp for my Moon 861 amp? Or separates? Hello @dman777 , you have a wonderful amp. Like some, I am in the separates camp and realize the benefit of that more now than ever. I also believe a quality preamp is almost always better than a volume control in a DAC or DAC / streamer. Whil... | |
| Do you recall "instant improvement" from your first stand-alone DAC ? Yes! At every DAC upgrade I heard more resolution, more life, more engagement. My upgrade path went Classe internal DAC > PS Audio DS1 > Auralic Vega G2 > Mola Mola Tambaqui. (All using internal bridge). Then I got a decent streamer, ... | |
| Has anyone sold over $35k worth of equipment over the net? How do you protect yourself? 100% @bigtwin For smaller purchases, PP F/F is fine. Anything major, wire transfer, or cash on pick up. It is up to the buyer to vet the seller through conversation, feedback, etc. Always ship fully insured, after payment received and cleared... | |
| Why not more wireless connections? I agree with 'wire everything you can'. With one exception in my case :). My REL Carbon Limited subs run wirelessly on REL's Longbow system. Why? I had node (booming) issues with the subs in traditional (easily wired) positions. I found with ... | |
| Subwoofer Question If you can 'locate' the single sub easily, then of course it affects the imaging. Even if it does not technically 'pull the image' to one side, the ears ability to locate the bass affects the image in your brain. If properly set up, a single su... | |
| ??? Where Does "High End" Start ??? +1 @maprik For me, it was a used Audionet Pre1 G3 preamp for about $3500. It blew away my previous Classe, Parasound, BHK and other PS Audio. It opened my ears and eyes! | |
| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs Hello @larsman, thanks for the distinction. I think I am not the only one to get that 'mixed up' as I see it in print everywhere. But, looking at this album for example I find: https://stevenwilsonhq.com/spatial-audio/in-the-court-of-the-crimso... | |
| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs Stephen Wilson has done a fine job remastering many rock albums. | |
| Room treatment Try opening the curtains. Not ideal as on one side but glass is lively (usually bright) vs curtains are damping. | |
| The difference between tubes and solid state that I am finding Hello again @ghdprentice! While you are of course correct in your explanations of Tube vs Solid State, your admitted bias shows! You list the pros of tubes and the often found negatives of SS. :) And yes, it does take money to get amazing SS, b... | |
| Driving speakers in more than one room Weird. | |
| Biamp & how many others Hello op, like @ghdprentice, I have invested in what I think are the best mono amps. I would rather have my amps than double amps that are not as good. That said, I have been to GTT Audio’s big room with Vivid Muons biamped with Audionet Heisenb... | |
| Driving speakers in more than one room Hi Greg, You get the distortion in your main speakers while playing the MF Integrated with the NAD in standby? If so, whit if you turn the NAD OFF? | |
| Driving speakers in more than one room How exactly are you: 1) outputting the signal from integrated #1 2) inputing this signal into integrated #2? What integrateds? It should work. I do this from a receiver into another old receiver for in wall speakers in a bedroom. My two rece... | |
| Downsize from C2200/MC275 to integrated SS If you are looking at Nagra and Burmester, you should look at the Audionet Humboldt. Probably the best integrated, but does not include a phono. It is LARGE. If you like your double tubed McIntosh sound, any of these SS integrateds will sound di... |